Lock-seal for bottles.



No. 687,3I9'. Patenfd NOV.`26, |90I. W. T. KGSINSKI.

LOCK SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

' (Appliation Bled Jan. 3, 1901.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES v PATENT union.

VLADYSJAW THEODORE KOSINSKI, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LOCK-SEAL i-'oR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,319, dated November 26, 1901. Application filed January 3, 1901. Serial No. 41,971-v (No model.)

' To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that LWLADYSLAW THEoDoRn KosINsKr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn borough, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock- Seals for Bottles, of which the following is a.

specification.

My invention relates to a combination of a seal with bottles, jars, or other receptacles for containing liquids or othersubstances usually held, in which the bottle must necessarily be defaced by being partially broken in order to permit the contents of the bottle to be emptied or removed from, so that the emptied bottle or jar cannot again be used for containing the original liquid or lling of the bottle or jar, thereby showing the purchaser that he is obtaining the original package, so long as he sees that the mouth of the bottle or jar remains unbroken, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure lis a vertical sectional view of the i neck of a bottle, showing the cap or hood placed over the mouth of the bottle, its cutout mortise with its horizontal groove inthe bottom part, a bell-mouthed eye-screw and staple, the embedded barbed bifurcated spring locking-key, the tenon or raised lip over the rim of the mouth of the bottle and its horizontal perforation,and the cork flush with the mouth ofthe bottle. Fig. 2 is a vertical view, partlyin perspective, of the neck of the bottle, showing the raised tenon or lip with the horizontal perforation in line with the mouth of the bottle. Fig. 3 is a horizontal view, partly in perspective, of the cap or hood placed over the mouth of the neck of the bottle, showing the cut-out mortise and the tenon zontal view in line with the mouth of the bottle, showing the inserted barbed bifurcated spring locking-key, the flanged rim-cap, and the flexible tie-wire, securing the cap around and over the mouthof the bottle and to a stud-pin on top of the cap. Fig. 6 is a sectional horizontal view of the bott-le when the seal is broken, showing the inserted cork iiush with the mouth of thebottle and the barbed bifurcated spring locking-key embedded, se'- cured, and held in the cap, the tire-wire as relieved by the withdrawn pin, and by lifting the cap showing the tenon or raised lip broken. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged sectional view ofthe bell-mouthed screw-ring with the inserted barbed bturcated spring locking-key, staple, and tie-wire. Fig. 8 represents a modiiication. Instead of the screwring a bell-mouthed tube is used and secured by staples. Figs. 9.and l0 represent another modification. In this device the mechanism is reversed. Instead of the barbed bifurcated spring locking -key and screwring a solid barbed or capped locking-key is inserted into a split screw-ring or split ilange-plate,v Fig. ll represents the base of an ordinary corkbottling machine as placed over the mouth of the bottle, provided with a mortise to prevent breaking the tenon while corking the bottle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates the neck of an ordinary bottle, provided with the elevated tenon or raised lip 2, having the perforation 3 for the insertion of the barbed bifnrcated or split spring locking-key 4 with its engaging barbs or catches 5 at itspointing end and the loop or eye 6 to hold the nexible tie-wire 7. The cap or hood 8 is provided with a transverse groove 9, a bell-mouthed screw-ring l0, and staple 1l on its inside face or bottom for the barbed bifurcated spring locking-key 4to be slid and housed in, the barbs or catches 5 of the bifurcated spring locking-key 4 expanding at the outer lesser orifice of the bell-mouthed screwring 10, preventing permanently the withdrawal of the barbed bifurcated spring locking-key 4 from its engaged housing. It is obvious that the expanded barbed bifurcated spring locking-key will compresswhile inserted in the groove 9, provided with the staple 1l and bell-mouthed screw-ring lO, and reexpand and engage at the outer outlet of the IOO lesser oriiice of the bell-mouthed screw-ring,

mortise 12, the nick or notch 19, and the ilexible tie-wire 7, irml y holds the cap when placed over and around the mouth of the bottle, the open mortise protecting and guarding the elevated tenon 2, housed in the nick formed bythe open mortise, from untimely breaking, at the same time exposing to View the inte` gral entireness of the sealed bottle as not tampered with, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. The ilexible tie-wire 7 is threaded through the loop or eye 6 and twisted downward to below the flange 14 of the reinforcement 17 at the top part of the neck of the bottle to relieve any pressure ofthe barbed bifurcated spring lock-key 4 on or against the tenon or lip 2 in order to prevent untimely breaking of the tenon. Then the two ends of the flexible tie- Wire are brought around each side of the bottle below the flange 14 and again twisted to tie the surrounding loop and then brought .upward and fastened around the stud-pin 16 on top of the cap S, the cap having the nick 19 to embed the tie-wire before fastening, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

The mortise in the cap 8 in combination With the mechanical device of the barbed bifureated spring locking-key 4, with its housing and holding parts, as described, aids the breaking off of the tenon 2 at its perforated weakened part when about openingthe sealed bottle by raising the cap on the transverse side from the mortise. The cork stopper being flush with the mouth of the neck of the bottle prevents chips of glass from the broken mortise, if any, from entering the bottle and with the flush embedded parts of the mechanism in the inside bottom face part of the cap and rim-flange the two surfaces make a close contact and tit.

When all the parts of this mechanical device are placed together as described, the bottle cannot be opened Without detection and the breaking of the tenon 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a vessel of frangible material, as bottle or jar, having a raised perforated tenon or lip, 2, fromon and over the rim of the mouth of the bottle or jar, with a bifurcated spring locking-key, 4, having expanding barbs or catches, 5, at its pointing end, the barbed bifurcated spring lockingkey, 4, inserted and threaded through the perforation, 3, in the tenon, 2, and slid into the horizontal groove, 9, in the inside bottom part of the mounted cap or hood, 8, and held there in place by staple, 11, and housed in and passed through the bell-mouthed screwring, 10, the barbs or catches expanding and engaging and fastening at the outer and lesser diameter of the bell-mouthed screw-ring, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a bottle-mouth or vessel of frangible material, having a perforated tenon or lip on and over its rim mounted by a ilanged cap or hood, 8, having a mortise, l2, nick or notch, 19, to protect and house, also expose to view, the tenon, as not tampered with, combined with the groove, 9, holding the embedded, barbed, bifurcated spring lock-key, 4, screw-ring, 10, and staple, 11, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the mouth of a vessel of frangble material, as a bottle or jar having a perforated tenon, 2, on and over its rim covered with a cap, 8, having the nick, 19, and stud-pin, threaded through the loop, 6, twisted downward and around the neck of the bottle into the flange, 14, to relieve pressure from tenon, 2, embedded in nick, 19, of the cap, 8, and fastened to the stud-pin, as set forth.

4. The combination of a vessel of frangible material, as a bottle, having a raised perforated tenon, 2, from on and over the rim of the mouth of the bottle, mounted by the rimflanged cap, 8, having the mortise, 12, and nick, 19, the stud-pin, 16, and tie-wire, 7, with the embedded barbed bifurcated spring lockkey, 4, screw-ring, 10, and staple, 11, in the groove 9.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WLADYSLAW THEODORE KOSINSKI.

Witnesses:

E. T. JENKINS, WILLrAM CARR. 

